Scott N.Z.’s lop skier

Press, 11 April 1977, Page 22

Scott N.Z.’s lop skier

L PA Hamilton Greg Scott of the Kara- , piro club maintained his No. . 1 position in New Zealand >, water ski-ing when he came ■[away from the national ’championships on Lake [Karapiro on Saturday with a ■ cupboard-full of trophies. l | Apart from successfully ■ [defending the. A grade men’s ■ over-all title, he won the ’BP Champion of Champions 1 Trophy for scoring most > points at the championships, 1 the season’s Gold Star ‘ points trophy and the Kevin I Fowler Memorial Trophy for >lthe best slalom performance. ’[ He won 'the men’s slalom [and jump championships, land in his weakest event, ■ the tricks, he managed to Gfinish second to Peter Ma- ■ I zany (Auckland). In the secfond round of the tricks i < Scott had hopes of scoring! 3500 points, and was on his i

way to doing this when the rope slipped from his hand and he fell. Consistent all-round skiing gave a 21-year-old secretary, Anne Carmichael, from Auckland, the A grade women’s over-all title, against some tough opposition. She won the tricks and came second in both the slalom and jump. Her secondround total in the tricks of 2630 points gave her A grade world qualifying standards for all three championship events. She is the only New Zealand skier to achieve this feat this season.

The slalom was won by Jane Wigglesworth, who was second to. Miss Carmichael in the tricks, and the jump title went to the New Zealand record-holder, and run-ner-up in this year’s Miss New Zealand Beach Girl .contest, Linda Taylor. I Jumping distances in both the A grade men’s and

women’s events were kept short on Saturday afternoon by a strong cross-wind, which slowed down the com[petitors as they swung into [the ramp. I Although Auckland skiers dominated the champion- ! ships, two other Waikato competitors apart from Greg Scott won their grades overall titles. Scott’s sister, Angela, scored a convincing victory in the girls’ section, and John Loughnan took the B grade men’s title.

The Piarere club-member, Linda Coughey, who skied for 864kms during her husband, Will’s, world non-stop ski-ing marathon in February, won the B grade (women’s slalom, the only event she entered.

Rugby.— The annual TransTasman Trophy rugby match be tween Auckland and Sydney will almost certainly be played in Sydney on May 29.